Reposted by Erik SchnetterOpal @opalescentopal.bsky.social · 27/07/2025With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years. 14386173600
Reposted by Erik SchnetterPerimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics @perimeterinstitute.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Tickets for Niayesh Afshordi's free public lecture on "Battle of the Big Bang" will go live on Eventbrite on Monday, May 26 at 9 AM. Join us at Perimeter Institute or watch our YouTube livestream on Wednesday, June 4 at 7 PM. Set a reminder and read event details: www.eventbrite.ca/e/battle-of-... 064
Reposted by Erik SchnetterMiles Cranmer @milescranmer.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Wow, Google Colab just added Julia support!!! 🎉 27113
Erik Schnetter @eschnett.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Currently sitting in a parking lot (waiting). A nearby car's alarm has been going off continuously for the better part of an hour. No one cares. Seems on point. 000
Reposted by Erik SchnetterJonah Miller @thephysicsmill.com · 09/01/2025I thought this article was very insightful for #programming in general, but also for scientific computing and #HPC 🔭⚛️🧪 www.seangoedecke.com/large-establ... Two underappreciated aspects 🧵👇seangoedecke.comMistakes engineers make in large established codebasesWhat I've learned from ten years working on projects like this 2276
Reposted by Erik SchnetterDenis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 31/12/2024“If people really understood the science behind all this, they would have a very different attitude” Five years of the COVID-19 pandemic: An interview with Dr. Arijit Chakravarty www.wsws.org/en/articles/...wsws.orgFive years of the COVID-19 pandemic: An interview with Dr. Arijit ChakravartyIn this interview, Dr. Chakravarty discusses the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic and public health globally five years after the initial outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Wuhan, China. 826996
Reposted by Erik SchnetterAdam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 29/12/2024American TV shows based on foreign ones should have one episode, in season 2, where they meet the foreign show. Just, like, that whole cast shows up in character for a team-up. 0221
Erik Schnetter @eschnett.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Open-source software for open-source hardware! The Julia programming language julialang.org now supports precompiled external dependencies for RISC-V riscv.org : github.com/JuliaPackagi.... (This means that packages such as OpenBLAS or MPI can soon be easily downloaded as binaries.)julialang.orgThe Julia Programming LanguageThe official website for the Julia Language. Julia is a language that is fast, dynamic, easy to use, and open source. Click here to learn more. 010
Reposted by Erik SchnetterThomas Spooks 🎃👻💀 @thomasfuchs.at · 14/12/2024So when a health insurance company (or any other company or person ftm) says “it’s an AI deciding this” what they really say is “our executive leadership deliberately choose to let an AI decide they fully know is fundamentally flawed”. It always comes back to Weizenbaum’s book from 50 years ago.en.wikipedia.orgComputer Power and Human Reason - Wikipedia 2187
Erik Schnetter @eschnett.bsky.social · 11/11/2024I walked our dog yesterday night (on a leash). I saw a Smelly Cat (*) at the side of the road, and so did the dog. He yanked the leash, the cat ran away, and we were engulfed in the smell. At home it turned out that the dog was completely clean (the wife confirmed), but I wasn't... (*) skunk 010
Reposted by Erik SchnetterMichael Albert @michlalbrt.bsky.social · 20/10/2024Britische Forscher haben herausgefunden, dass Steuersenkungen für Reiche keinen (Trickle-Down-) Effekt auf den Wohlstand eines Landes haben. Die Reichen werden lediglich reicher und die Ungleichheit steigt.cbsnews.com50 years of tax cuts for the rich failed to trickle down, economics study saysTax cuts for the wealthy didn't boost the economies of the U.S. and 17 other countries — but they did worsen income inequality. 55491206
